Charles Booker Is the Democrat With the Best Chance of Beating Mitch McConnell Charles Booker Is the Democrat With the Best Chance of Beating Mitch McConnell
As a new poll points to the insurgent progressive’s strengths as a candidate, progressives say Democrats need to unite behind Booker.
Jun 19, 2020 / John Nichols
7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots 7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky’s Primary Ballots
From Jamaal Bowman in New York to Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, voters have a robust class of progressive candidates on their June 23 ballots.
Jun 17, 2020 / Elie Mystal and John Nichols
The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun The Fight to Remove Georgia’s Secretary of Voter Suppression Has Begun
Election officials who make it hard to vote should be held to account. So Georgia activists are campaigning to recall their secretary of state.
Jun 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Interview: Stacey Abrams Breaks Down Georgia’s (Latest) Election Meltdown Interview: Stacey Abrams Breaks Down Georgia’s (Latest) Election Meltdown
"When you break the machinery of democracy for some, you break it for everyone, and that’s really what we saw.”
Jun 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch Charles Booker Is Changing the Thinking About Who Beats Mitch
The progressive US Senate candidate is securing big endorsements from those who are tired of “scripted, milquetoast politics.”
Jun 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx
In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”
Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols
The Next Voter Suppression The Next Voter Suppression
Wisconsin’s elections gave us a preview of the lengths to which Republicans and their judicial allies will go to disenfranchise voters in November.
Apr 20, 2020 / Editorial / John Nichols
Wisconsin Voters Defy Suppression to Oust a Trump-Backed Jurist Wisconsin Voters Defy Suppression to Oust a Trump-Backed Jurist
Republican legislators, conservative courts, and President Trump tried to upend democracy, but the voters weren’t having it.
Apr 14, 2020 / John Nichols
‘People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote’ ‘People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote’
Bernie Sanders and Wisconsin Democrats want to delay the state’s April 7 primary to keep voters safe, But, so far, the election’s still on.
Apr 2, 2020 / no-paywall / John Nichols
The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Our Elections The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Our Elections
We have ways to keep voters safe. Now we just need to use them.
Mar 19, 2020 / Editorial / John Nichols